By: Roxanne Maldonado

belief in the benefits of profitable trading, commercialism.

The 17th & 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary

individuals have both a right and a duty to preserve their own lives.

refers to a natural right that cannot be revoked by an outside force

state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority

just behavior or treatment.

empowered by law from a starting point of having no power

principle that the authority of a state and its government are created

lack of contentment, dissatisfaction with one's circumstances.

punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party

men and women who signed a contract they agreed to work for a certain number of years

series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767

written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power

philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century

country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s

meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774

delegates the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia

statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting

revoke or annul a law or congressional act.

English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries

independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies